After reading the excerpt from "No Compromise with the Evil of Slavery," we can say that what Garrison means is:
D. If Americans refuse to uphold the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, they might as well burn it.
<h3>What is Garrison saying in the excerpt?</h3>
William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) was a journalist and abolitionist. In "No Compromise With the Evil of Slavery," he argues that no man should be allowed to make another man his slave. That is the same as stealing a life.
In the excerpt we are analyzing here, Garrison says that the Declaration of independence will be worth nothing if slavery is still allowed. When he says they may throw the declaration into "consuming fire," he means the document should be burned if it is not respected.
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